Cigar-wrapper-delivering means



May 26, 19 25.

R. E. RUND'ELL v CIGAR WRAPPER DELiVERING MEANS Filed Ju:1 1924 W 'i.man M34 1? a g" [gt 5% 2y Arrow??? Patented May 26, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUPERT E. RUNDELL, 0F ROCKVILLE CENTER, NEW YORK, A'SSIGNOR- TO INTERNA-TIONAL CIGAR MACHINERY COMPANY. A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CIGAR-WRAPPER--DELIVERING MEANS.

Application filed .Tune 26, 1924. Serial No. 722,592.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Rurnnr E. RUNnnLL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Itockville Center, county of Nassau, and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cigar-\Vrapper- DeliveringMeans, of which the -following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in cigar wrapper deliveringmeans for ciga machines.

liga-r wrapper delivering means for cigar machines which have heretoforebeen in commercial use included a flying wrapper carrier which receiveda wrapper trom a wrapper cutting die and transported it to a distantposition wherein paste was applied to the wrapper, and then carried itto a wrapping machanism which took the wrap per from the carrier andwound it about a cigar bunch. In such mechanisms, the flying wrappercarrier was supported on a short arm hinged to a long arm whichoscillated about an anchorage. The flying wrapper carrier had a verycomplex movement, and long connections were n'ecessary in order toeffect this movement. The complex movement of the carrier was of such acharacter that rapid stops, starts, and changes of rela tive positionsof the various parts, were necessary. Although the work done wasextremely light, the parts were of necessity rather heavy; and as aresult of their inertia, and of the long and many-jointed connectionswhich had to be employed, excessive. wear occurred, and this interferedwith the accurate emplacement of the wrapper on the cigar bunch in thewrapping mechanism. It has been found that these difficulties can beovercome to a large extent by articulating the carrier supporting meansapproximately at its centre, which permits the flying wrapper carrier tobe brought nearer to its anchorage to reduce the inertia effect; andthis permits the wrapper cutting die, the paste applying mechanism, andthe actuating cam, to be brought very much closer to the anchorage, thusreducing the size, the weight, and the cost of the entire machine. Themain object of the present invention is the production of cigar wrapperdelivering means which etiects this most desirable result. lVith thisand other ob jects not specifically mentioned in view, the inventionconsists in certain constructions and combinations of elements whichwill be hercmatt-er fully described and then specifically set forth inthe claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specificationand in which like characters of reference indicate the same or likeparts, Fig. 1 is a plan View, partly broken away, of a deviceconstructed in accordance with the invention; and Fig. 2 is a sideelevation, partly broken away, of the structure shown in Fig. 1..

in carrying the invention into effect, there is 'n'ovidcd a cigarwrapper deliveringmcans, comprising a flying wrapper carrier movablefrom wrapper receiving position over a wrapper cutting die to a positionwhere paste is applied to the wrapper on the carrier, thence to wrapperdelivering position over a wrapping mechanism, and then back to theinitial position over the wrapper cutting die; the carrier supportingmeans being articulated approxin'iately at its centre and attached to ananchorage about which it is moved so that the wrapper cutting die, thepaste applying mechanism, the wrapping mechanism, and the movementcontrolling cams, are all brought nearer the anchorage tor the carriersupporting means, in order to produce a more compact, lighter, cheaper,and more accurately operating machine. In the best constructions, thecarrier is pivotally mounted in the free end of the-carrier supportingmeans; the carrier and the means are hollow to permit the use et suctionfor holding a wrapper on the carrier; and the. movement controllingdevice for the carrier is -mounted directly over the carrier supportingmeans in order to permit the use of short and simple connections tominimize backlash due to Wear. All ot the foregoing parts may be widelyvaried in construct-ion within the scopeof the claims, for theparticular structure selected to illustrate the invention is but one ofmany possible concrete embodiments of the same. The invention thereforeis hot to be restricted to the precise details of the structure shownand described.

Referring to the drawings. 3 indicates a hollow flying wrapper carrierof the usual construction, having a hollow stem et pivotally mounted inthe free end of carrier supporting means, and provided at its upper endwith an arm 5 by means of which it is rocked in a boss 6 formed on thefree end of the carrier supporting means The carrier supporting meansconsists of two hollow interconnected sections 7 and 8 which arearticulated at 9 approximately at the centre of said means. -The end ofthe carrier supporting means opposite the boss 6 is secured to the upperend of a vertical pipe 10 journaled in a standard 11 rising from thebed-plate 12 of the machine in connection with which the device is used.The lower end of the pipe 10 is connected by a tube, not shown, withsuitable suction producing means of a well known char acter. The upperend of the pipe is closed by a cap 13, and the interior of the pipe isin open communication with the interior of the section 8 of the carriersupporting means. The section 8 is secured to the upper end of the pipe10 by means of a clamping bolt 14. The pipe 10* not only serves as apart of the suction apparatus for holding a wrapper on the carrier 3,but it also serves as a rockshaft by means of which the carriersupporting means is moved about the anchorage. With this end in view, asegmental gear 15 is secured upon the pipe 10 below the bed-plate 12before referred to. -The segmental gear 15 is in mesh with a segmentalgear 16 formed on an arm 17 fulcrumed at 18 to a bracket 19 underlyingthe bed-plate 12. The arm 17 carries a branch arm 20, which in turncarries a cam bowl 21 tracking in a cam groove 22 formed on theperimeter of a cam drum 23 which is mounted on one of the cam shafts,not shown, of the machine proper. The mechanism just describedoscillates the section 8 about the anchorage for the flying wrappercarrier.

Means are provided for controlling the relative movement of the sections7 and 8, which controls the movementof the axis of the flying wrappercarrier and, as shown, this means has a. direct connection with themovement controlling device for the carrier. With this end in view, thesection 7 of the carrier supporting means is provided with a horn 24,upon the free end of which is an integral upright 25 carrying a cam bowl26 tracking in a cam slot 27 formed in a cam plate 28 supported by abracket 29 rising from the standard 11 before referred to. As thesection 8 is swung about the anchorage, the engagement of the cam bowl26 with the cam slot 27 alters the relative positions of the sections7-and 8 and controls the path of movement of the axis of the flyingwrapper carrier. The flying wrapper carrier is also given a-rockingmovement on its axis. This is accomplished in the following manner: Thearm 5 before referred to is pivoted to one end of a connecting rod 30,the other end of said rod being pivoted to a bell-crank nseam 31'. Thisbell-crank is fulcrumed at 32 to a horn 33 projecting from the section.8 beyond its point of articulation with the section 7 The bell-crank 31carries a cam bowl 34. tracking in a cam'groove 35 formed in the camplate 28 before referred to. By means of the mechanism just described,as the section 8 is movedabout the anchorage, the engagement of the cambowl 34: with the cam slot 35 changes the relative angular positions ofthe section 7 and the flying wrapper carrier.

36 indicates a wrapper cutting die of the usual type, and 37 indicates apaste applying mechanism also of the usual type. In Fig. 1, the variousparts are shown in full lines in the position they occupy when thegreater part of a wrapper has been applied to a bunch in the wrappingmechanism which is diagrammatically indicated at 38, and the position ofsome of the parts is indicated in said figure by dotted lines in the two:extreme positions of the flying wrapper carrier; that is, a positionover the wrapper cutting die 36 at the forward end of the movement ofthe wrapper carrier, and at a position over the paste applying mechanism37. p a

' The operation of the device will be readily understood by thoseskilled in the art without a detailed description of the same. The newconstruction results in a more compact, lighter, cheaper, more efficientand more durable machine, and this advantage applies not only to thecigar wrapper delivering means, but to the entire cigar machine of whichthe cigar wrapper delivering means may be said to be the heart.

What is claimed is:

1. Cigar wrapper delivering means, comprising a flying wrapper carrier,carrier supporting means articulated approximately at its centre, ananchorage for said means, mechanism for moving said means about saidanchorage, and-a movement controlling device for said carrier.

2. Cigar wrapper delivering means, comprising a flying wrapper carrier,carrier supporting means articulated approximately at its centre,an'anchorage for said means, mechanism for moving said means about saidanchorage, and a movement controlling device for said carrier, saidcarrier being pivotally mounted in the free end of said means.

3. Cigar wrapper delivering means, comprising a flying wrapper carrier,carrier supporting means articulated approximately at its centrc, ananchorage for said means, mechanism for moving said means about saidanchorage, and a movement controlling device for said carrier, saidmeans having a direct connection with said device.

4. Cigar wrapper delivering means, comprising a flying wrapper carrier,carrier a section in direct connection with said device and pivotallysupporting said carrier.

6. Cigar wrapper delivering means, comprising a flying wrapper carrier,carrier supporting means articulated approximately at its centre, ananchorage for said means, mechanism for nio'i-ing-said means about saidanchorage, and a movement controlling device for said carrier, saidanchorage including a rockshaftto which one end of said means. issecured.

7. Cigar wrapper delivering means, comprising a flying wrapper carrier,carrier supporting means articulated fl.1)l)l.'0.(lll'l21t8ly at itscentre, an anchorage for said means, mechanism for moving said meansabout said anchorage, and a movement controlling device for saidcarrier, said mechanism being cam-controlled.

8. Cigar wrapper delivering means, comprising a flying wrapper carrier,carrier supporting means articulated approximately at its centre, ananchorage for said means, mechanism for moving said means about saidanchorage, and a movement controlling device for said carrier, saidmechanism including cam-controlled segmental gearing.

9. Cigar wrapperdelivering nieans,-comprising a flying wrapper carrier,carrier supporting means articulated approximately at its centre, ananchorage for said means, mechanism for moving said means about saidanchorage, and a movement controlling device -for said carrier, saidanchorage including a rockshaft to which one end oi said means issecured, and said mechanism including cam-controlled segmental gearingfor operating said rockshaft.

10. Cigar Wrapper delivering means, comprising a flying wrapper carrier,carrier supporting means articulated approximately 1 at its centre, ananchorage for said means, mechanism for moving said means about saidanchorage, and a movement controlling device for said carrier, saiddevice including a stationary cam controlling the relative movement ofthe articulated parts of said means.

1.1. Cigar wrapper delivering means, comprising a flying wrappercarrier, carrier supporting means articulated approximately at itscentre, an anchorage for said means, mechanism for moving said meansabout said anchorage, and a moven'ient controlling device for saidcarrier, said device including a stationary cam controlling the angularmovement of said carrier in said means.

12. Cigar wrapper delivering means, comprising a flying wrapper carrier,carrier supporting means articulated approximately at. its centre, ananchorage for said means, mechanism for moving said means aboutsaidanchorage, anda' movement controlling device for said carrier, saiddevice including a stationary cam, and linkage between said cam and saidcarrier for controlling the angular position of said carrier in saidmeans. I y

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

RUPERT E. RUN DELL.

